Winter's Child
Chapter One
The signs of rain, wind, storm, and fair weather we have described so
far as was attainable, partly from our own observation, partly from the
information of persons of credit.
-Theophrastus
The call came through to the Colleton County Sheriff's Department just
after sunset on a chilly Thursday evening in mid-January. A pickup truck had
crashed on a back road near Possum Creek.
From the sound of her voice the caller was an older woman and more than a
little upset. "I think he's dead. There's so much blood, and he's not moving."
The dispatcher made soothing noises and promised that help would be there
very shortly. "Where are you now, ma'am?"
"Rideout Road, off Old Forty-Eight. I'm not sure of the number."
The dispatcher heard her speak to someone, then a second woman came on the
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